Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Alex Conn
Writer: Alex Conn
Cast: Alex Wolff, Aubrey Plaza, RJ Cyler, Jason Ritter, Abigail Breslin
Plot: Peter (Alex Wolff) wakes up and he gets a text from his girlfriend to meet her at a coffeeshop. He goes to the coffeeshop and his girlfriend Emily (Abigail Breslin) is there. She is wearing a lot of makeup and she looks sad and Peter is talking to Emily and Emily then says she’s breaking up with him. She also says she starting seeing a man named Joseph. He sees this and there is a hard cut to Peter in his bedroom getting super stoned. He calls his friend Ryan (RJ Cyler) who is at SUNY purchase and Ryan plans to have a big hangout when he gets back to Westchester.
He flies to his hometown of Mamaroneck New York. He is cyberstalking Emily and her new boyfriend Joseph. His family is excited to see him and so are his friends. His friend Ryan organizes a boys night where they go to dinner and a movie.
At dinner Peter and Ryan are talking about the women that Ryan has been having sex with. Peter looks jealous and Ryan notices and Ryan says he could hook him up with some girls. She seems solemn and the boys encourage him to go up to her but Peter says that it’s probably illegal for them to date or something. Ryan then backs off.
The boys then go to a movie right after. They then see Samantha (Aubrey Plaza) the English teacher again. She is still sorrowful. Ryan then convince Peter to talk to her and he does.
Peter then talks to Samantha and she asks him how college is treating him and Peter thanks her for the nice recommendation letter she wrote him and the conversation kinda is going nowhere until Samantha invites him for lunch.
His friends then say he did a great job and he goes home and masturbates about Samantha and old fantasies about her come back up. We then cut to Samantha fantasizing about Peter.
Peter then goes to lunch with Samantha. Samantha meets her at the place which is a thin crust pizza place. Samantha is obviously shaken and depressed but tries to keep a happy face. Peter presses on her and presses on her and it is revealed that she is in a really unhappy relationship and Peter asks about her ring and she says she’s engaged. Peter then asks when she’s supposed to be married and she says September. Samantha then asks Peter and Peter then talks about his ex girlfriend Emily and how she is dating this guy Joseph. Peter then shows Samantha a picture of Joseph and she comments that he is way more attractive than Joseph.
Samantha then texts Peter and they agree to meet at a library in 2 days. The next day Samantha gets her hair and nails and makeup done. Peter says that she looks great and they go to the library and read books before Peter offers to go back to her place and have sex.
Peter then goes to Samantha’s place and they have sex and after it they smoke weed which Samantha says that she hasn't smoked weed in ages. As they smoke weed Peter asks Samantha isn't it funny that her and her fiance basically have the same name and she said when she was in college when they met people would often make jokes about their names. Peter than asks Samantha why she is getting married and she says that he's sweet enough and he tries sometimes but he's not the same anymore and she feels like having a husband like Sam gives her the image that she wants but not the love that she wants.
Peter then talks to Ryan about this and Ryan is impressed but thinks it’s a one night stand but Peter says he’s actually in love with her and Ryan is worried that someone is going to get in trouble at the end and Peter reminds Ryan that he was the one who convinced Peter to talk to Samantha and Ryan says he only thought it was going to be a one night stand.
We then cut to Samantha who for the first time feels happy she is texting Peter a lot and Peter is very happy and she is very happy. They start seeing each other more and more. They go to an art museum and examine the art and they one time have sex in a library after hours. But after they have their fun she always has to go back to her horrible relationship.
When Samantha goes home her husband to be Sam (Jason Ritter) asks why she hasn’t been home. He says the house is a mess and Samantha says that she is a free independent woman and that we need to have a serious talk about their relationship. He then walks out and drinks at a local bar and then gets home completely drunk.
The next day when Sam goes to work Peter visits her and brings flowers. They then have passionate sex in
After that they sit on her bed and Samantha and Peter start having serious talks about their future and Samantha is thinking about breaking up with Sam.Peter is ecstatic that Samantha is thinking about breaking up with her fiance. Samantha is worried just about how it is going to look with her dating seriously her student and Peter then jokingly says Macron the President of France did it and she laughs. Peter then leaves.
Sam and Samantha then have Samantha’s family over and Samantha’s mom hugs her and Sam. Sam is unusually nice during this evening. Samantha is actually kind of charmed by Sam in a way she hasn’t felt since they started dating.
After the parents leave Samantha and Sam have a talk and Sam says he wishes to be a better man for Samantha and they have sex for the first time in years. After the sex Samantha looks through old photographs of them when they were in love.
Samantha then breaks up with Peter saying that she is now back in love with him and Peter tries to win her over and saying it is just a phase and that he’s just manipulating her. Peter then is on the plane ride back to college and he checks Samantha’s Facebook posts and he sees her marrying Sam. Peter closes his computer and looks out the window towards the future.
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